Eastern Bolivian Guaraní language
| Eastern Bolivian Guaraní | |
|---|---|
| Western Argentine Guaraní | |
| Chiriguano, Chawuncu | |
| Native to | Bolivia,Argentina,Paraguay |
| Ethnicity | Ava Guaraní |
Native speakers | 51,000 (2004–2007)[1] |
Tupian
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| Official status | |
Official language in |  Bolivia |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Either:gui– Eastern Boliviantpj– Tapieté |
| Glottolog | chir1295 |
| ELP | Tapiete |
Eastern Bolivian Guaraní,known locally asChawuncuorChiriguano(pejorative), is aGuaraní languagespoken inSouth America.InBolivia33,670 speakers, called theAva Guaraní peoplewere counted in the year 2000, in the south-centralParapeti Riverarea and in the city ofTarija.[2]InArgentina,there were approximately 15,000 speakers, mostly inJujuy,but also inSalta Province,and 304 counted in theParaguayanChaco.[2]
Avá (Chané, Tapieté[3]) and Izoceño are dialects.
In Argentina it is known asWestern Argentine Guaraní,while in Paraguay it is locally known asÑandeva.However, outside Paraguay and specifically in Brazil,Nhandevarefers toChiripá Guaraní.
Eastern Bolivian Guaraní is one of a number of "Guaraní dialects"sometimes considered distinct languages. Of these, Paraguayan Guaraní is by far the most important variety and it is often referred to simply as Guaraní.
References
[edit]- ^Eastern BolivianatEthnologue(18th ed., 2015)(subscription required)
TapietéatEthnologue(18th ed., 2015)(subscription required) - ^abEastern Bolivian Guaraní at Ethnologue
- ^Nordenskiöld, Erland (1943).Anteckningar från expeditionen 1908-1909(in Swedish).
External links
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- Argentinian Languages Collection of Salvador Buccaat theArchive of the Indigenous Languages of Latin America,including audio recordings of 3 spoken stories and one word list in Eastern Bolivian Guaraní.
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